1 «Προσευχή του Δαβίδ.» Άκουσον, Κύριε, το δίκαιον· πρόσεξον εις την δέησίν μου· ακροάσθητι την προσευχήν μου, την γινομένην ουχί με χείλη δόλια. 2 Ας εξέλθη η κρίσις μου παρά του προσώπου σου· οι οφθαλμοί σου ας ίδωσι την ευθύτητα. 3 Ηρεύνησας την καρδίαν μου· επεσκέφθης αυτήν εν καιρώ νυκτός· εδοκίμασάς με και δεν ηύρες ουδέν εν εμοί· ο στοχασμός μου δεν είναι διάφορος των λόγων μου. 4 Ως προς τα έργα των ανθρώπων, εγώ διά των λόγων των χειλέων σου εφυλάχθην από των οδών των παρανόμων. 5 Στήριξον τα διαβήματά μου εν ταις οδοίς σου, διά να μη σαλευθώσιν οι πόδες μου. 6 Εγώ σε επεκαλέσθην, Θεέ, διότι θέλεις μου εισακούσει· Κλίνον εις εμέ το ωτίον σου, άκουσον τους λόγους μου. 7 Θαυμάστωσον τα ελέη σου, συ ο σώζων τους ελπίζοντας επί σε εκ των επανισταμένων κατά της δεξιάς σου. 8 Φύλαξόν με ως κόρην οφθαλμού· κρύψον με υπό την σκιάν των πτερύγων σου 9 απ' έμπροσθεν των ασεβών των ταλαιπωρούντων με· οι εχθροί της ψυχής μου με περιεκύκλωσαν. 10 Υπερεπάχυναν· το στόμα αυτών λαλεί υπερήφανα. 11 Τώρα περιεκύκλωσαν τα διαβήματα ημών· προσήλωσαν τους οφθαλμούς αυτών διά να κρημνίσωσιν ημάς κατά γής· 12 Ως λέων επιθυμών να κατασπαράξη· και ως σκύμνος, καθήμενος εν αποκρύφοις. 13 Ανάστηθι, Κύριε· πρόφθασον αυτόν, υποσκέλισον αυτόν· ελευθέρωσον την ψυχήν μου από του ασεβούς, όστις είναι η ρομφαία σου· 14 Από ανθρώπων, Κύριε, της χειρός σου· από ανθρώπων του κόσμου, οίτινες λαμβάνουσι την μερίδα αυτών εν ταύτη τη ζωή, και των οποίων την κοιλίαν γεμίζεις από των θησαυρών σου· εχόρτασαν τους υιούς, και αφίνουσι τα υπόλοιπα αυτών εις τους εγγόνους αυτών. 15 Εγώ δε εν δικαιοσύνη θέλω ιδεί το πρόσωπόν σου· θέλω χορτασθή από της θεωρίας σου, όταν εξεγερθώ.
Psalms · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Psalm 17 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (3)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
Cross references (15)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 142:6; Psalm 61:1; Psalm 145:18; Matthew 15:8; Daniel 9:18–19
- 2 Psalm 37:6; 2 Thessalonians 1:6–9; Ezekiel 18:25; Ezekiel 18:29; Jude 24
- 3 Job 23:10; Psalm 26:2; Acts 11:23; Psalm 39:1; Malachi 3:2
- 4 1 Peter 5:8; 1 Corinthians 3:3; Psalm 119:9–11; Matthew 4:10; Matthew 4:7
- 5 Psalm 44:18; Psalm 119:133; 1 Samuel 2:9; Psalm 121:3; Psalm 121:7
- 6 Psalm 116:2; Psalm 86:7; Psalm 88:2; Psalm 66:19–20; Psalm 55:16
- 7 Psalm 60:5; Psalm 5:11–12; Psalm 31:21; Psalm 20:6; Isaiah 41:10
- 8 Deuteronomy 32:10; Psalm 91:4; Psalm 91:1; Proverbs 7:2; Zechariah 2:8
- 9 Psalm 35:4; Psalm 35:7; Psalm 7:5; Psalm 31:20; Psalm 35:12
- 10 1 Samuel 2:3; Psalm 123:4; Psalm 31:18; Revelation 13:5–6; Matthew 13:15
- 11 Proverbs 6:13–14; Psalm 37:14; Psalm 10:8–10; 1 Samuel 26:2–3; 1 Samuel 23:26
- 12 Psalm 7:2; Psalm 10:9; 1 Peter 5:8; 2 Timothy 4:17; Psalm 22:13
- 13 Psalm 3:7; Psalm 44:26; Psalm 7:6; Psalm 44:23; Psalm 7:11–13
- 14 Job 22:18; John 17:14; John 8:23; Psalm 49:17–19; Luke 16:8
- 15 2 Corinthians 3:18; Matthew 5:6; Psalm 16:11; Psalm 11:7; 1 John 3:2–3
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Our King in this Psalm speaks in the character of the human nature He assumed, of whom the royal title at the time of His passion was eminently set forth. 2. Now He saith as follows; "Preserve me, O Lord, for in Thee have I hoped" (ver.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
The same form of speech is found in the psalm: "I have called upon Thee, for Thou hast heard me, O God," where we should expect it to be said, Thou hast heard me, O God, for I have called upon Thee.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Some have thought that God is fire; others that He is, as it were, a man with wings, because of a true text ill understood, Thou shalt hide me under the shadow of Thy wings.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
… supposed from such language that man in the form of this flesh is made in the image of God, wings also are ascribed to Him, which man has not at all; and it is said to God, "Hide me under the shadow of Thy wings," that men may understand that such things are said of that ineffable nature not in …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Whence it is said in the Psalms, "Keep me under the shadow of Thy wings." But as to others who in the day of judgment shall repent, but all too late, and who shall mourn, yet unavailingly, it hath been foretold by Wisdom what they shall then say as they repent and groan for anguish of spirit, "What hath pride …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)